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Yesterday was 2nd annual Seattle Power Tool Race & Derby at the Georgetown block party. It was a fantastic day full of speed, danger, and grinding metal. Two 60′ tracks of plywood and two-by-fours were the proving ground for dozens of insanely creative racing machines made from modified power tools.
Hackerbot Labs entered four […]

 

Last night I went to another fantastic Ignite Seattle event. This time, the maker challenge was to make paper airplanes and throw them through a hula hoop from a good distance away. There were some innovative designs, but it seemed like the traditional long dart model did the best.
Actually, I was too busy […]

 

It looks like the Ask Later presentations (including mine) from this month’s Ignite Seattle meeting are now available. There were some very fascinating and entertaining sessions that night, ranging from the Black Rock Credit Union to the Dafur Wall to Djork.
I gave a 5-minute lightning talk on the Book Sprint process, and rambled on […]

 

I’ll be giving an Ask Later talk on super-fast, lightweight publishing at Ignite Seattle tomorrow night. The talks follow a popsicle stick bridge building competition sponsored by Make Magazine. The event will be at the CHAC Lower Level in Capitol Hill.
What’s an Ask Later talk? Think lightning talk with slides (every speaker […]

 

I’m just back from Mind Camp 3.0, a 24-hour conference and celebration for smart people. While this event definitely appeals to the tech crowd, some of my best experiences so far have had nothing to do with computers or the Intarweb. Some highlights:

I met Ron Hale-Evans, memory guru and author of Mind Performance […]

 

I’m back from the 4th International Conference on the Book. I gave a presentation on the book sprint process along with Marco Zennaro. I was very impressed with the program and the people who attended. Many of these folks have been in publishing for years, and had some very interesting perspectives on […]